Lisa Fields & Kara Powell: Listening and Future-Focused Leadership
Kara Powell and Lisa Fields (Jude 3 Project) share about how listening is an important precursor to being heard. Lisa shares the story of why she founded an apologetics organization and about Jude 3 Project’s latest initiative, the "Ask Initiative." Kara and Lisa get practical about potential barriers to listening and how we can listen for a young person's real concerns, which may be hiding under their surface questions.
Episode 3 / Mar 11, 2026
Show Notes
Related FYI resources:
BOOK: Future-Focused Church: Leading Through Change, Engaging the Next Generation, & Building a More Diverse Tomorrow.
BLOG: “What you need to know about Gen Alpha in 2026.”
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